December 7, 2017 Judge rules against Protect the Adirondacks to allow vast expansion of motorized recreational use on the Forest Preserve. Supreme Court Judge of Albany County ruled that state's network of road-like snowmobile trails does not violate the forever wild clause of the state constitution. PROTECT disagrees with this decision. Read more here

November 16, 2017 PROTECT, Local Government and Business Leaders Release New Video “Don’t Trash the Adirondack Park” about oil tanker storage on remote rail lines in the Adirondack Park. A new video makes the case against using the Adirondack Park as a dumping ground for used oil tankers. Click here to watch this video. The bad plan must be stopped. Read more here

November 10, 2017 Three shipments of used oil tankers have been transported to the Adirondacks for indefinite storage. Used oil tankers now stand at three locations. Iowa Pacific Holdings continues to bring used oil tanker railcars to the Adirondack Park. Shipments arrive weekly, yet state environmental agencies have failed to act. Read more here

November 8, 2017 PROTECT applauds New Yorkers for Voting No on Proposal 1 and Voting Yes on Proposal 3. Votes show strong public support for the Forest Preserve. The forever wild Forest Preserve was upheld and protected by two key votes on Election Day 2017. A new constitutional convention was voted down and a small 250-acre Health and Safety Land Account was approved. Read more here

November 7, 2017 Vote No on Proposal 1 on November 7, 2017 on whether to hold a new Constitutional Convention for New York. PROTECT urges all New Yorkers to Vote NO on Proposal 1 on November 7th on the question of whether to hold a new Constitutional Convention. For many reasons, no convention should be held at this time. Read more here

November 7, 2017 Vote Yes on Proposal 3 on November 7, 2017 to amend Article 14, Section 1, the forever wild provision, to create new “Health and Safety Land Account” to help local communities with highway and utilities maintenance. On Election Day in November Protect the Adirondacks urges New Yorkers to vote yes on Proposal 3. Read more here

October 30, 2017 25 More Oil Tanker Railcars Transported to Adirondack Park; Where are NYS Environmental Agencies? A second load of used oil tanker rails cars was transported by Iowa Pacific into the Adirondack Park. What will it take for the Adirondack Park Agency and Department of Environmental Conservation to act? 100 oil tankers? 200? 500? Read more here

October 26, 2017 PROTECT applauds Governor Cuomo’s statement on storing oil tankers in the Adirondacks: “we oppose it 100%.” Now that Governor Andrew Cuomo has denounced storage of used oil tanker rail cars in the Adirondack Park by Iowa Pacific Holdings, we need to see action from the Department of Environmental Conservation and Adirondack Park Agency. Read more here

October 24, 2017 Local governments and environmental groups oppose storage of oil tanker rail cars in the Adirondacks, but where is Governor Cuomo and state environmental protection agencies? As environmental groups and local government leaders speak out against using the Forest Preserve for the storage of oil tanker cars, state leaders have stood on the sidelines. Read more here

October 20, 2017 A historic coalition from across the Adirondack and Catskill Parks and New York state, encourages New Yorkers to Vote Yes on Proposal 3 on Election Day on November 7, 2017. Proposal 3 upholds and protects the forever wild Forest Preserve and will help scores of small rural communities in the Adirondacks and Catskills provide or enhance basic municipal services. Read more here

October 10, 2017 Repeal of Clean Power Plan by EPA is a monumental step backwards. The Trump Administration has unwisely and recklessly announced plans to roll back the Obama era Clean Power Plan, which will lift planned reductions on carbon emissions and imperils acid rain controls. Read more here

The Village Voice takes a hard look at the pending classification of the Boreas Ponds and the controversial hut-to-hut project that seeks to build some kind of new rental structures on the Forest Preserve.